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The .58 Minie Ball is "pre expanded"
That helps a lot.

Grinn

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My favorite old uncle gave me a m1917 machine gun quadrant he bought for .50 cents many years ago. It is set up for Rads but he needed degrees and he found a simple{to Him} method. He etched 177 on it and used it to set up his machines for degrees by using that number and a simple formula that I kno...

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I do not know when they went to the centerfire primed case that we are familiar with, I do have a number of 45-70 .50-70 and .45 caliber revolver cartridges that are made of copper instead of brass and at first glance appear to be rimfires. They also have an odd looking crimp in the case head, Corre...

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Those are nice little rifles in the original caliber,I made the mistake of getting the Century conversion in .308. I got them to shoot, but was quite finnished with them after all the effort. The 7.5 caliber is so simple to convert from 6.5x55 swede, I have two cases of the 6.5x55 "KOMMERPATRON...

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You are fortunate to have found the serial number,you have the key for whatever you decide to do in the end. I have a problem that I cannot solve with a missing Glock 9mm. My late Brother was a retired police captain from a medium sized southern california city. He lived his last decade and a half i...

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We are from south east Missouri, the family moved out to California in 53`. I was disconnected from my southern roots at the tender age of three. It was many years before I figured out why my family did certain things that the other kids familys did not. We always had "iced tea" it was nev...

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A few years ago I traded off my 1/2 scale Napolean cannon to a younger friend of mine. The cannon has a 2 5/16" bore and is quite heavily built. We live next to a Naval Weapons Range 100 miles from any population center of note,in a creosote dominated desert with the Sierra Nevada Range to our ...

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My heartfelt condolences Amigo.
I pray you find, as I did, comfort in times of loss,in the promise of the Bright morning of The Resurrection.
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I had a nice little banded carbine I got in a trade, when I shot up the two boxes of ammo that came with it, I traded it off to my buddy for his Chinese SKS in new condition and a hundred rounds of 7.62x39. I nursed that ammo supply for a long time, as it was 1967 and while a few SKS`s where around ...

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Idahoser hit the nail on the HEAD!
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I also get by on the cheap side with my PC, I haunt the two thrift -charity stores we have in our little town,always on the lookout for used towers, the nice thing about the PC is that most everything snaps in and out ,with maybe a small screw to hold it down, as long as I have an active internet co...

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A .41 Swiss Vertelli converted to centerfire. I use cut down .348 cases and cast .429 swc bullets.with a full case of fffg the thirteen shot bolt gun is a fine shooter though quite heavy for such a small cartridge. its fairly cheap in that no special dies are needed,just a .44mag sizing die. creosote

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My late Brother and I had many fine hours hunting points in Utah and California when we were not hunting the muzzle loader deer season. At several locations we found only broken points, and they were real "heart breakers" We concluded that due to the nature of the locations,they were natur...

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Some years ago a buddy of mine spent a lot of time in the Panamint range near death valley, He was investigating a big pile of boulders and saw a whitened gun butt stuck down in the rocks, he got it out and its a cut down french chassepot in a real heavy leather saddle scabbard, the barrel is only 1...

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I grew up in the era when sporterizing a military rifle was the lead story in most every gun magazine. I have a deep appreciation for these old rifles, my favorite rifle was a project done by a veteran of the Second Marine Division , a 6.5 Arisaka in a Bishop stock rechambered to 6.5X55. creosote

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You fellows have some real nice suggestions going on here, I usually keep it simple when out on a arrow head hunt or scouting around. I have an old home made grill that I set on the coals of a fire, then I cook up a nice steak and plop it onto a flour tortilla with some salsa. No clean up required. ...

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Rusty wrote:Forgive my ignorance but what is it about the Siamese Mauser that make it so desirable for these projects?

The cartridge it was chambered for was a rimmed design to begin with.
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My dream would be to buy the old family place in Missouri that the federal militia burned
down in 62'.
And then move to Nye county Nevada and buy a ranch for loafing in the warm sun.
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When I was maybe 14 years old I took a shot at an Ironwood tree from maybe 25 feet. I quickly learned why they are called Ironwood trees when the bullet from the .22 short bounced back into the front of my right thigh. I thought I was going to die , but only got a really big bruise. I also made no m...

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At one time years ago I some how got ahold of some Herters fishing hooks of an odd design,I caught little brook trout up to 15 lb corvina with those hooks.
I too have a lasting fondness for all things Herters.
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That's a dandy......Worth way too much to fish with it :wink: Ditto on the old Mitchels.....I have some I bought as a kid 40-45 years ago and they are still just fine...I have my uncles that's prolly 15 years older than mine and it needs a bit of work as the drag sucks big time......Best reels ever...

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I lucked into hundreds of pounds of kester ultra pure bar solder, 36% tin.
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I live two hundred yards from the fence of "B" range at the China Lake Naval weapons Center in California. I have watched so many interesting activities from my front porch that include: watching the nav lights on aircraft as they make bombing runs that start very far up and the then seein...

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A good outcome, I would like to add that here in california , anyone breaking into a home in the dark of night is presumed to have evil intent and may be dealt with accordingly.

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jd45 wrote:Well said AJMD429! Well said! jd45

I can only add :
"The Dead Know Nothing"
I find comfort in that and it explains for me
any "ghostly" events,
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A couple of my favorites that have not yet been posted: From "The Outlaw Josey Wales" "You boys gonna pull them pistols ,or whistle Dixie? And from "ZULU" At one hundred yards,volley fire, Present! creosote

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Back in the early eighties as i recall it ,the price of silver went sky high due to some wealthy speculators. I had been saving any silver coins I came across in my daily activities and some other coins from my metal detecting excursions, not a whole lot really . When it got to the point that I coul...

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Is it true that anyone with a Colt thunderer or Lightning needs a gunsmith?
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I have "00" in my 12 gauge "Lodge Broom". But also taken into consideration is the 100 yards or so to the nearest neighbor. Over penetration could harm an innocent, if I had close neighbors I would adjust the shot size down . A friend once had to put down a burglar in his gun sto...

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Sounds like fun,It just a personal preference ,but I would only shoot the ones wearing blue coats.
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I am finishing up a muzzleloader project tonight. I traded into a Thompson Center New Englander in .50 Caliber. I have no need for it as my deer shooter is a well tested CVA mountain rifle in .58. I had always wanted a New Englander though as they had a 12 gauge drop in barrel offered at one time. I...

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I bought an old french percussion musket years ago . It was one of the many cut down for use as a sporting shot gun, just like a "ZULU" shot gun that had not been altered to a breach loader. I bought it for possible use at rendevous and for frightening small animals. We knew it was plugged...

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Thanks for the warning! I was one of many of my age who still morn the loss of Old Yeller. Of course I spent many years with my own loyal canines ,and the loss and the joy may equal out when the sum of things are figured. I have been without a dog since 92` . and figure to remain so. Of course I hav...

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I have a full box of "30 Winchester Model 1894 Soft Point" cartridges with the protected primers like yours. The label on the two piece box is dated in print 9-15 . They are 170 grain bullets and each bullet is stamped with the Winchester "W". Also in the box is a small paper abo...

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I am only guessing at this, perhaps a Centennial that has been stripped of its finish, Looks old timey to me . On a similar action I have been fooling with, the hammer screw for the post 64 model 94 seems to be odd or rare as far as the availability of a replacement goes. I tried a pre 64 screw and ...

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Congratulations on that nice little rifle. I also have a m1908 Mannlicher Schoenauer. Mine is the half stock version. Mine came to me in unfired condition as near as I could tell. I have corrected that situation,Grin. The strange thing about mine was its near disaster at a "gunsmith" the p...

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The regulation of Knives is not about "safety".
The desired result is identical to "gun control".
The key word is Control.

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Very nice post.
I am also a native of Missouri.
Unfortunatly I was removed from my ancestral state
while still a child .
But when I retire I am going back to St Francois
county.
Creosote , (gene valle)

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I am fascinated by the connections to our common past as Americans. Both of my parents left me and the rest of their decendants a rich heritage. When I was small the old folks would talk of the people we came from, but in the universal ignorance of the young I did not press for more,and record the t...

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